TYPHOON HAGUPIT STRIKES THE PHILIPPINES December 6-8, 2014
Jul 07, 2015
TYPHOON HAGUPIT STRIKES THE
PHILIPPINES
December 6-8, 2014
Typhoon Hagupit made a
painfully slow landfall at 11
kph (7 mph) in the Philippines
on Saturday, lashing the island
of Samar with 200 kph (125
mph) winds and unloading at
least 40 cm (16 in) of rain over
coastal areas.
Typhoon Hagupit, known
locally asTyphoon Ruby, first
landed at Eastern Samar on
Saturday and moved slowly
across the country, bringing
heavy rains and strong winds.
3 DAYS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL
TYPHOON HAGUPIT:
DECEMBER 7, 2014
At least 21 people in the
Philippines were killed before
Typhoon Hagupit weakened
into a tropical storm Monday.
The storm forced more than
one million people out of their
homes and into shelters.
REMEMBERING SOME OF
THE LESSONS FROM
2013’S TYPHOON
DISASTERS
SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN
DEVASTATES THE PHILIPPINES;
NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013
HAIYAN REACHED THE
PHILIPPINES: FRIDAY, NOV. 8
LANDFALL ON FRIDAY
MORNING, NOV. 8
WIND AND WATER
PENETRATE BUILDING
ENVELOPE
TYPHOONS
UPLIFT OF ROOF SYSTEM
FLYING DEBRIS PENETRATES
WINDOWS
STORM SURGE
HEAVY PRECIPITATION
FLASH FLOODING
(MUDFLOWS)
LANDSLIDES (MUDFLOWS)
CAUSES
OF RISK
CASE HISTORIES
HAIYAN: A SUPER TYPHOON
RATED AS PROBABLY THE
STRONGEST TYPHOON
EVER TO STRIKE THE
PHILIPPINES
FOUR HOURS OF FEAR AND
DESTRUCTION• Winds flattened hundreds of homes.
• Heavy rainfall triggered mudslides and
flash flooding.
• A storm surge with waves of up to 10 m
(30 feet) destroyed everything,
sweeping people away and drowning
thousands.
SURVIVOR STORIES
• Survivors of the storm
described towering waves that
swept away all but the most
robust engineered structures.
STORM SURGE
AN AERIAL VIEW
• It was like a tsunami," Interior Secretary
Manuel Roxas told Reuters.
• "From a helicopter, you can see the
extent of devastation. From the shore
and moving a kilometer inland, there
are no structures standing.
TACLOBAN (ON LEYTE
ISLAND) HIT THE HARDEST
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE
DESTRUCTION AND DEATH
EVERYWHERE
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE
TACLOBAN AIRPORT
ADVANCE EVACUATIONS
• 800,000 people were evacuated
to emergency shelters.
AN EVACUATION CENTER
INITIAL IMPACTS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
• Wide spread flooding,
mudslides, and power outages
• Winds of 380 kph (290 mph)
• TACLOBAN hit very hard by the
storm surge with many deaths
• Tacloban’s airport destroyed
INITIAL IMPACTS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
• Loss of communication
• An estimated 10,000 people
dead
• Economic losses in the billions
URGENT SURVIVOR NEEDS
• Survivors were in desperate need of
clean drinking water and food
• Survivors were temporarily cut off from
aid, and from their families in the
Philippines as well as in other
countries (e.g., 3 million in the USA)
USA MILITARY FORCES
DISPATCHED TO ASSIST IN
WHAT BECAME A HISTORIC
RELIEF EFFORT
HAIYAN MOVED TOWARDS
VIETNAM AND CHINA: SAT., NOV 9
THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
HAVE HAD MANY
OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN
VITAL LESSONS
FROM PAST TYPHOONS OF ALL
SIZES MAKING LANDFALL THERE
LESSON: THE TIMING OF
ANTICIPATORY ACTIONS IS VITAL
• The people who know: 1) what to
expect (e.g., high-velocity winds,
rain, flash floods, landslides, and
storm surge), 2) where and when it
will happen, and 3) what they
should (and should not) do to
prepare will survive.
Search and Rescue and Relief
Efforts Were Hampered by
Landslides and Damaged Road
Systems
LESSON: All Kinds of Things Will go
Wrong During the Emergency Response
Period When the Uncontrollable and
Unthinkable Happen.
LESSON: TIMELY EARLY WARNING
AND EVACUATION SAVES LIVES
• The people who have timely early
warning in conjunction with a
community evacuation plan that
facilitates getting out of harm’s way
from the risks associated with
storm surge, high winds, flooding,
and landslides will survive.
LESSON: EMERGENCY MEDICAL
PREPAREDNESS SAVES LIVES
• Damaged hospitals and medical
facilities combined with lack of
clean drinking water, food, and
medicine, and high levels of
morbidity and mortality will quickly
overrun the local community’s
capacity for emergency health care.
LESSON: WIND ENGINEERED
BUILDINGS SAVE LIVES
• Buildings engineered to withstand
the risks from a typhoon’s high
velocity winds will maintain their
function and protect occupants and
users from death and injury.
LESSON: EMERGENCY RESPONSE
SAVES LIVES
• The “Uncontrollable and
Unthinkable” events will always
hinder the timing of emergency
response operations.
LESSON: THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY ALWAYS PROVIDES AID
• The International Community
provides millions to billions of
dollars in relief to most nations to
help “pick up the pieces, ” but this
strategy is not enough by itself to
ensure disaster resilience.
TYPHOON DISASTER RESILIENCE
POLICIES AND MEASURES ARE
NEEDED BY MANY NATIONS
Preparedness
Adoption and Implementation of a Modern Wind
Engineering Building Code
Time,y Early Warning and Evacuation
Timely Emergency Response (including
Emergency Medical Services)
Cost-Effective Recovery
PAST TYPHOON SEASONS
SEVEN PAST DEADLY
TYPHOONS
• SUPER TYPHOON MEGI (OCT. 2010)--
.—11 DEATHS
• TYPHOON DURIAN (2006); 400 DEATHS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
• TROPICAL STORM THELMA (1991);
1,000’S DEAD IN THE PHILIPPINES
• TYPHOON TIP (JULY- AUGUST, 1975) –
100 DEATHS IN CHINA
SEVEN DEADLY TYPHOONS
(Continued)
• TYPHOON NINA (JULY - AUGUST,
1922)—100,000 DEATHS IN CHINA
• TYPHOON SWATOW (SEPT. 1881)--
60,000 DEATHS IN VIETNAM
• TYPHOON HAIPONG –300,000
DEATHS AND THOUSANDS OF SEA
VESSELS DESTROYED IN GULF OF
TONKIN
SUPER TYPHOON ROKE
IMPACTED JAPAN: SEPT. 2011
SUPER TYPHOON ROKE
SEPT. 2011
TYPHOON MEGI:
TAIWAN; OCT. 2010
TYPHOON MEGI:
THE PHILIPPINES; OCT. 2010
PARMA IMPACTED THE
PHILIPPINEW: OCT. 2009
TYPHOON PARMA: THE
PHILIPPINES; OCT. 2009
TYPHOON FENGSHEN IMPACTS
THE PHILIPPINES: JUNE 2008
TYPHOON FENGSHEN:
THE PHILIPPINES; JUNE, 2008
TYPHOON MELOR: OCT., 2007
TYPHOON MINDULLE : 2003